Jelly Nasty…
Topics to cover:
- Don’t have kids article in BITCH
- Gov’t breastfeeding campaign
- Sex toys - phthalates…
Okay - so I don’t have time right now to get into the BITCH article - I’ll have to read it again, and analyze and stuff. No time for that right now. So on to other things….
I’m starting with sex toys. This began with a podcast. I’ve just recently (this week) become interested in podcasts, having been given an iPod as a birthday gift (Thanks, Anita!) I figured I better find some interesting podcasts to listen to on my iPod (though I also learned that you don’t need an iPod to listen to podcasts). So, yeah, I found a podcast that I like very much called ‘Sex is Fun.’ It’s right up my alley - good educational info on general human sexuality, but without scimping on the fun and dirty words.
So, I’m listening to the podcast, and they have the founders of the Smitten Kitten (Minneapolis sex shop) on, and they’re talking about how crappy jelly sex toys are (which we essentially knew already), and also talking about how jellies contain phthlalates , which are toxic chemicals. I did some web research, and discovered that exposure to phthalates has been researched, and ultimately that the risk to benefit ration has been decided in favor of the benefits, i.e. - in their general use in various products, they do more good than harm, because humans aren’t exposed to enough of the chemical for a long enough time.
The problem with this is that of all of the uses listed to take into consideration, none of them included prolonged exposure to phthalates by way of repeated (and vigorous) contact of jelly sex toys with mucous membranes. Much of this has to do with the fact that jelly toys are packaged with the instructions “For novelty use only,” indicating that you shouldn’t actually stick them inside yourself, and that the makers are not really advocating that you put the big jelly double dong in any two orifices. If that’s not what the jelly toys are technically for, then there’s no reason to test the effects of such actions. Right? Goddamnit!
So, no one knows if putting jelly toys in your puss will create some kind of toxic problem. I’m suspicious. Well, I stopped using nonoxynol-9, and I won’t be purchasing any more jelly toys. If you don’t intend for your tools to be put in vaginas, don’t shape them like penises and sell them in sex shops. If they should not be put in orifices, then don’t put them in the same place where everything else that looks exactly like it GOES IN ORIFICES!
I’d just like to mention that I am nursing and typing with both hands. ‘Cause I rule.
Anyway, I’m displeased about the jelly toys, and have decided that the time has come for me to start saving for good, quality sex toys. Like Pyrex glass toys, and high quality silcone numbers. Good toys are money well-spent, and I’ve known that for a while, I guess.
I’m also going to wait to address the government breastfeeding campaign. It’s more than I have time for now.
But yeah, I’m looking forward to the day I can get a pyrex dildo. Check out that podcast if you get the chance - it’s fun. And take care what you put where.
Love,
Atena McJellynone
